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Novel is a Notion-style WYSIWYG editor with AI-powered autocompletions. It’s built using Next.js, TipTap, OpenAI’s GPT APIs, and the Vercel AI SDK package.
2023.06.19
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14,500 matchesCLOUDFLARE WORKER EMAIL SERVER
Cloudflare Worker Email Server is a simple proxy server that can be used for sending free transactional emails through Cloudflare workers. Once set up, it allows you to send emails by making a POST request to the worker on the /api/email endpoint.
2023.06.19
PRECEDENT
Precedent is an opinionated collection of components, hooks, and utilities for your Next.js project.
2023.06.19
NO, GPT4 CAN’T ACE MIT
A paper seemingly demonstrating that GPT-4 could ace the MIT EECS + Math curriculum recently went viral on Twitter, getting over 500 retweets in a single day. However, three MIT EECS seniors took a closer look at the paper and found enough problems with it to debunk it. For example, even though the authors of the paper said they manually reviewed the published dataset for quality, the three MIT seniors found clear signs that a significant portion of the evaluation dataset was contaminated in such a way that let the model cheat like a student who was fed the answers to a test right before taking it.
2023.06.19
THE NEW LANGUAGE MODEL STACK
More companies than ever before are bringing the power of natural language interaction to their products. The adoption of language model APIs is creating a new stack in its wake. Sequoia Capital asked 33 of their companies about LLM adoption and found that nearly every company in the Sequoia network is building language models into their products. The new stack for these applications centers on language model APIs, retrieval, and orchestration, but open source usage is also growing. Sequoia’s survey also delivered insights such as the fact that companies want to customize language models to their unique context and that it’s still early for AI.
2023.06.19
WHAT DRIVES ADOPTION OF INTERNAL DEVELOPER TOOLS?
A study on the factors that affect the adoption of internal developer tools showed that developers do not want to change their usual style of work and might prefer tools that are easy to integrate with their usual style of work. Developers select or design tools that fit well with the usual work style of team members and that can be easily customized to their needs. The findings imply that developers are more likely to adopt tools that are used by their peers or by their community. The paper suggests utilizing developer-led blog posts or demonstrations of build automation tools at company events and public events to increase adoption.
2023.06.19
I'M ZOOM'S NEW CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER. HERE'S HOW I GOT TO THE C-SUITE AND MY BEST TIPS FOR WORKING MOMS WHO ASPIRE TO AN EXECUTIVE ROLE.
6 pieces of career advice from Zoom's new CPO, Smita Hashim. She is a first generation immigrant and a working mother, and she gives advice on how to balance work and family life and what to focus on during your career.
2023.06.19
APPLE VISION PRO: HARDWARE ISSUES
This article covers the hardware and related human physical and visual issues with the Apple Vision Pro.
2023.06.19
GUIDANCE FOR SCALING: REVERSIBLE VS IRREVERSIBLE DECISIONS
Tips for scaling engineering teams and codebases. For example, leaving optionality open while building on a codebase is immeasurable but a huge win for engineering as the codebase grows. This means that costly coding decisions are ideally reduced, especially if they need to be reversed.
2023.06.19
GENERATING INCOME FROM OPEN SOURCE
Generating income from open-source is next to impossible. However, there are a few things that have been found to work to generate open-source income, such as offering commercial licenses for companies, charging for more features, and offering a hosted version if it’s an open-source SaaS project.
2023.06.19
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IF YOU LOVE BUILDING INTEGRATIONS, THIS API ISN’T FOR YOU
Ticketing integrations. Accounting integrations. HR and payroll. ATS. CRM. The list never ends. 😨 If you’re a developer who has better things to do than maintain API integrations, you can use Merge
2023.06.16
APOLLO-RELATED BLACKOUTS
Reddit has informed moderators that it plans to replace resistant moderation teams to keep spaces open and accessible to users. Reddit's Moderator Code of Conduct says that Reddit has the duty to keep communities operational if users rely upon them. Many subreddits went dark between Monday and Wednesday to protest Reddit's pricing for its API. Some have made the decision to continue the blackout indefinitely. Reddit's CEO said that the blackouts had no significant impact and that there were no plans to change the API pricing.
2023.06.16
WITH FORD AND GM'S HELP, TESLA REIGNITES THE CHARGING STANDARD WAR
The Combined Charging System Type 1 (CCS1) standard seemed like it had become the charging system for electric vehicles until recently, when Ford and General Motors both signed deals to adapt their electric vehicles to use Tesla's North American Charging Standard (NACS). While the majority of new EVs in the US will use the NACS in the future, recently passed legislation will mean that CCS1 charging infrastructure will still be built into public charging network charging ports. Updating the regulation would cause extensive retrofit costs for public charging networks.
2023.06.16
VIRGIN GALACTIC STARTS COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHTS IN TWO WEEKS
Virgin Galactic is starting commercial spaceflight services at the end of the month. The company plans to begin working through its ticket-holder backlog through monthly launches after two initial missions. The first will be a scientific research mission and the second will be the first real private astronaut flight. Virgin Galactic plans to increase its launch cadence to reduce scarcity and lower the price. Its launch method involves dropping a spacecraft from a custom carrier jet at a high altitude and taking off from there.
2023.06.16
INTEL TO START SHIPPING A QUANTUM PROCESSOR
Intel is starting to ship its Tunnel Falls processor to research labs. The 12-qubit chip will be sent to the Universities of Maryland, Rochester, and Wisconsin and the Sandia National Lab. Intel hopes that researchers will help the company characterize sources of error and determine which form of qubits provide the best performance. Details about the Tunnel Falls processor and how it works are available in the article.
2023.06.16
VERCEL AI SDK
The Vercel AI SDK is a library for building edge-ready AI-powered streaming text and chat UIs. It features React and Svelte helpers for streaming text responses and building UIs, first-class support for LangChain, OpenAI, Anthropic, and HuggingFace, Edge Runtime compatibility, and callbacks for saving completed streaming responses to a database. The SDK can be used to build a ChatGPT-like app with just a few lines of code.
2023.06.16
THE NEW LANGUAGE MODEL STACK
The adoption of language model APIs is creating a new stack. This article looks at data from a survey across 33 companies in the Sequoia network to better understand the applications people are building and the stacks they are using. Almost all the companies surveyed use OpenAI's GPT and believe that a retrieval system is a key part of their stack. The field is moving too quickly for anyone to be confident in predicting what the end-state stack will look like, but LLM APIs and frameworks like LangChain are likely here to stay. It is still early days for the AI industry and there will be more opportunities for founders as the technology continues to develop.
2023.06.16
FERN - INSTANTLY CREATE A STRIPE-LIKE API EXPERIENCE (GITHUB REPO SPONSOR)
Fern is an open source tool to automatically generate idiomatic client libraries and Stripe-like API documentation. Find out why companies like Scale AI and Flatfile already use Fern to develop their APIs and generate their SDKs, click here [https://danni763618.typeform.com/to/c4o3Nwrq] to learn more.
2023.06.16
BUYOUT
Wargraphs, a Paris-based company with one employee and two products, League of Graphs and Porofessor, was acquired by MOBA Network last week for 50 million Euros. The company's tools can be used to help players see and understand invaluable statistics for the game League of Legends. Wargraphs made 12.3 million Euros in sales during the year leading up to November 2022 by selling advertisements. Its apps have over 800,000 daily users. MOBA Network plans to further develop the assets and expand into new games and markets.
2023.06.16
VISION PRO
While we now have practical VR devices that are far beyond prototypes or proofs of concepts, we haven't yet seen mass-market adoption. VR devices will get a lot better in the future, but it is still unknown whether they will become popular like smartphones or PCs. Apple has decided it isn't worth making or selling a device without the capabilities that the Vision Pro has. Unlike Meta, which is working to deliver hardware at the right price, Apple is creating the right hardware and waiting for prices to drop.
2023.06.16
SQUARESPACE
Squarespace has entered a definitive asset purchase agreement with Google and will acquire the assets associated with the Google Domains business, which include approximately 10 million domains spread across millions of customers.
2023.06.16
UNSUCKJS
UnsuckJS progressively enhances HTML with lightweight JavaScript libraries without any build tools or compilers.
2023.06.16
AI 'GODFATHER' PROF YAN LECUN SAYS IT WON'T TAKE OVER THE WORLD
Prof Yan LeCun says that while there is no question that AI will surpass human intelligence, we are still many years away from reaching that level, and people won’t build something if they realize it's not safe.
2023.06.16
~BIG~ NEWS IN AI LAND
Meta wants to make the next version of its open source large language model LLaMA available for commercial use.
2023.06.16
LLMS FOR SOFTWARE PORTABILITY
AI coding assistants excel at building compatibility layers between multiple specifications.
2023.06.16
OFFICIAL OPENING
Amazon's Metropolitan Park headquarters features two 22-story towers, sustainable green spaces, and local retailers.
2023.06.16
CUSTODIAN
BlackRock has applied to the SEC to launch a Bitcoin ETF named iShares Bitcoin Trust. The proposed ETF aims to provide investors with simplified exposure to Bitcoin. However, approval for such an ETF remains uncertain, as the SEC has previously resisted such launches. Currently, the SEC is involved in a legal dispute with Grayscale regarding a similar proposal. Interestingly, Coinbase is listed as the custodian of the Bitcoin the trust would be holding even though they are currently being sued by the SEC.
2023.06.16
NETTING $6.2M
Sotheby's capped off its Grails auction of the NFT portfolio seized from the bankrupt crypto hedge fund, 3AC, and the auction brought in over $10.9 million in sales overall. The highlight was Dmitri Cherniak's Ringers #879, ‘The Goose’, which sold for $6.2 million after fees, marking it as the second-highest sale ever for a generative artwork. The multi-part sale of NFTs from 3AC's collection has so far raised nearly $17 million. Most of the pieces were acquired during the NFT bull run of 2021, and the proceeds from their sale are being used to recoup funds following 3AC's bankruptcy.
2023.06.16
ARBITRUM'S NEW 'LAYER-3' XAI NETWORK IS BUILT TO POWER WEB3 GAMES
A new layer-3 network called Xai, built on Arbitrum, an Ethereum L2 network, will specifically cater to game creators. Xai promises enhanced scalability, efficiency, and cost reductions, with plans for even lower fees and faster transactions for smoother gaming experiences. Developed in collaboration with Offchain Labs and Ex Populus, Xai aims to provide a more user-friendly platform for token-powered games akin to what ImmutableX is doing with its gaming-centric chain. The first games to launch on the Xai network will be developed by Ex Populus, aiming to attract traditional gamers with a frictionless gaming experience backed by blockchain tech.
2023.06.16
AND CASH APP
Block, Jack Dorsey's FinTech firm, will integrate its upcoming self-custody bitcoin wallet, Bitkey, with its financial services platform, Cashapp, and US's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase. Bitkey, a multi-sig hardware wallet with a mobile app, is scheduled for a global launch later this year after a few weeks of public beta testing. These integrations will allow Bitkey users to directly purchase and sell bitcoin via both platforms from within the wallet app.
2023.06.16
UNISWAP V4’S NEW HOOKS FEATURE
Uniswap v4 is introducing a new feature called hooks, which operate like plugins and allow developers to introduce code at specific points in a pool's lifecycle, such as before or after a swap. This feature allows developers to enhance Uniswap’s liquidity and security with custom features. Uniswap has shared sample hooks in hopes to spark ideas for a variety of use cases. Some proposed ideas include time-weighted average market makers, customized on-chain oracles, on-chain limit orders, dynamic fees, internalized MEV, and automatic LP fee compounding.
2023.06.16
THE VALUE PROP CRYPTO USE CASE DATABASE
"The Value Prop" is a new database from the Polygon team that showcases diverse blockchain applications across sectors like education, governance, finance, social impact, security, and more. The aim is to highlight the significant positive impacts that blockchain technology can have and is having globally. The database includes use cases from a variety of different blockchains, demonstrating the wide-ranging utility of blockchain and cryptocurrency technology. It’s a great way to see the broad set of use cases that are already being tackled and to help generate ideas for new use cases.
2023.06.16
TETHER ON FOIL AND CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY
Tether, the company behind USDT, has fulfilled its obligation to the New York Attorney General’s Office by reporting about its reserves quarterly for two years, as per their 2021 settlement agreement. CoinDesk made a request for public disclosure of these materials and Tether chose to hand them over this week. Around the time these documents were handed off, there was an attack on the USDT CRV pool causing rumors and concerns to start flying about USDT and its solvency. In this blog post, Tether claims there is no reason for concern and questions the coincidental timing of these two events.
2023.06.16
WHEN THE US ZIGS ON CRYPTO, CHINA ZAGS
This thread attempts to explain China’s strategy when it “banned” crypto in 2021 and its recent embrace of the crypto ecosystem through new regulations in Hong Kong. The piece also suggests that US attempts to curb the crypto industry could drive other nations, particularly geopolitical rivals, to adopt it more rapidly. It further criticizes major banks for being hesitant to embrace cryptocurrency and alleges that regulators and politicians tolerate money laundering in large banks as part of a political game.
2023.06.16
THIS WEEK’S WEEKLY ALPHA
This thread provides a great bullet-point summary of the top events of the week in crypto and highlights important governance proposals, news, and tweets along with next week’s alpha.
2023.06.16
ETHEREUM STAKED READY TO FLIP ETH ON CRYPTO EXCHANGES
The volume of ETH staked has been rising and is expected to surpass ETH held on exchanges soon, highlighting a trend towards decentralization.
2023.06.16
FROM US AND SOUTH KOREAN PROSECUTORS
Do Kwon and associate Han Chang-Joon are facing more time in jail in Montenegro, with potential extradition to South Korea and the US on the table. Charged over a $60 billion fraud related to the collapse of Terra and detained for allegedly falsifying identification documents, they remain incarcerated in Montenegro despite bail being granted.
2023.06.16
CASCADING NETWORK EFFECTS ON ETHEREUM’S FINALITY
In May, Ethereum experienced network disruptions due to consensus layer clients processing old attestations, causing CPU resource depletion and transaction delays. The disruptions had minimal impact on users' transaction experiences in terms of cost and inclusion time despite affecting peer-to-peer networks and increasing missed duties.
2023.06.16
SYNTHESIA RAISES $90M SERIES C
Synthesia announced a $90M Series C funding round led by Accel. The funds will boost their mission to make video creation easy for everyone, driving their AI research, and enhancing their collaborative video editing platform with better avatar technology, real-time collaboration, and enhanced sharing functionality.
2023.06.16
A NEW ERA IN TECHNOLOGY
Rex Woodbury argues that due to AI, VR, and AR, we are entering a new era in technology applications where applications will be more personalized, intelligent, and integrated.
2023.06.16
DOES AN AI PREMIUM EXIST IN THE FUNDRAISING MARKET?
Tomasz Tunguz finds that, despite what you may think, AI companies raise very similar amounts to regular software companies.
2023.06.16
EVERYONE IS DOING 1ON1S WRONG. I THINK.
Andreas Klinger takes a look into the common problem of overpopulation of 1-on-1 meetings in startups and an alternative approach to managing them more effectively.
2023.06.16
HOW TO SET EMPLOYEE EXPECTATIONS FOR REMOTE WORK
Effective expectation setting is essential, especially when managing distributed or virtual teams. This article describes the components of setting expectations, such as providing clear goals, resources, and accountability, as well as the importance of incorporating motivational and hygiene factors.
2023.06.16
11 YEARS OF HOSTING A SAAS
After 11 years of hosting a SaaS, the author found that a simple hosting solution was just as effective and cheaper than an enterprise-grade hosting provider. He advises other SaaS developers to start with a simple hosting solution and only upgrade if they absolutely need to.
2023.06.16
THE ART OF KNOWING NOTHING
We know what we know, though staying in the comfort zone might lead to unease. To prevent this, youth should use their highest learning ability. We know what we don't know, humbly accepting there is still much to learn.
2023.06.16
STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM
The story of how crypto data analysis company Dune went from the bottom to Unicorn in less than 3 years.
2023.06.16
GET IT DONE
Leveraging leaders is the best way to accomplish goals, even if it means asking for help. Leaders should not be seen as a bother but an asset in hard situations, as they can unblock log jams with their words and help to set expectations.
2023.06.16
YOU WILL DESTROY YOUR CREATOR CAREER IF YOU TAKE SHORTCUTS
The article delves into 6 habits to improve upon writing for wellbeing. These include: establishing a rhythm by heavily editing work, falling in love with research, taking time to make coffee, planning periods, paying attention to your words, and getting specific.
2023.06.16
NETWORK PROTOCOLS RUN THE INTERNET
Distributed systems send data over the network using various network protocols. This article explains how common network protocols work, where they are used in distributed systems, and how to troubleshoot common problems.
2023.06.16
UNDERSTANDING REAL-TIME APPLICATION MONITORING
Application monitoring is the process of collecting data to track availability, bugs, resource use, and changes to performance in applications that affect the end user. Understanding the performance of applications in real-time is critical for ensuring positive experiences for users. In this article, Expedia explains how they observe, monitor and improve the operational performance of their applications through application monitoring tools.
2023.06.16